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Q4 32:02

The siren has sounded to end Q4.

Q4 30:21

A prolific game for Carlton's Kade Simpson in his 300th game. While he does not go home a winner, he has played his part for the Blues with a game high 37 disposals at 76 per cent, nine contested possessions, three marks, two clearances and two tackles.

Q4 30:21

BEHINDBlues (Levi Casboult)

Q4 29:07

BEHINDPower (Rushed)

Q4 28:27

Blues InterchangeMatthew Wright off due to the blood rule.

Q4 25:17

After kicking the ball with 60 per cent efficiency across the first three quarters, Carlton are disposing of the ball by foot at just 44 per cent in the final term.

Q4 24:05

GOALBlues (Matthew Kennedy)

Q4 21:16

GOALPower (Travis Boak)

Q4 19:04

Power InterchangeDougal Howard off due to an injury.

Q4 18:38

BEHINDPower (Travis Boak)

Q4 18:22

Carlton has the last five clearances, including two to Paddy Dow.

Q4 16:04

Port Adelaide's Charlie Dixon has been targeted 14 times inside forward 50, more than double any other player on the ground. However, the key forward has managed to take just two marks in this zone.

Q4 15:25

GOALBlues (Paddy Dow)

Q4 14:03

GOALPower (Todd Marshall)

Q4 12:48

BEHINDBlues (Patrick Cripps)

Q4 10:28

The Power have kicked 3.1 to nil from just 16 disposals in the last five minutes.

Q4 10:27

GOALPower (Charlie Dixon)

Q4 08:58

GOALPower (Chad Wingard)

Q4 07:28

GOALPower (Steven Motlop)

Q4 04:20

BEHINDPower (Sam Gray)

Q4 04:17

Carlton's Andrew Phillips has won all five hitouts to open the final term, including two to the direct advantage of a teammate.

Q4 02:19

Carlton defender Liam Jones is the only player on the ground with 100 per cent game time to this point.

Q4 01:34

Power InterchangeJasper Pittard and is possibly out for the game.

Q4 00:00

Q4 is now underway.

Q3 27:11

After Port Adelaide won the first half contested possession count 72 to 69, Carlton dominated this area in the third quarter, winning the contested ball 36 to 29.

Q3 27:10

The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Q3 24:20

Power InterchangeTodd Marshall off due to an injury.

Q3 23:27

After 37 per cent time in the possession for the first half, the Blues have upped this to 50 per cent so far in the third quarter.

Q3 22:13

GOALBlues (Andrew Phillips)

Q3 20:25

Power InterchangeBrad Ebert off due to the blood rule.

Q3 20:16

With just five minutes remaining in the third quarter, the Power are still to produce an effective kick inside their forward 50 for the term,

Q3 20:14

BEHINDBlues (Jarrod Garlett)

Q3 14:28

Four of Carlton's five scores for the third quarter have been the end result of a disposal chain that began with a Port Adelaide turnover.

Q3 14:27

BEHINDBlues (Matthew Kennedy)

Q3 13:22

BEHINDBlues (Levi Casboult)

Q3 11:45

Blues InterchangeJack Silvagni off due to an injury.

Q3 10:18

After just a single contested mark in the opening half, the Blues have taken five in the first ten minutes of the third term, including two each to Charlie Curnow and Levi Casboult.

Q3 07:40

Averaging just 2.4 tackles per game for the Power this season, Chad Wingard has committed more to this endeavour today. He leads all players on the ground with five tackles to this point.

Q3 07:12

BEHINDBlues (Levi Casboult)

Q3 01:40

Carlton has scored from 40 per cent of its inside 50 entries this season, 17th in the AFL. They are actually leading Port Adelaide in this measure today 50 per cent to 41, but this is skewed by the Powers significant lead in inside 50s, 37 to 20.

Q3 01:39

GOALBlues (Charlie Curnow)

Q3 00:50

BEHINDBlues (Charlie Curnow)

Q3 00:00

Q3 is now underway.

Q2 29:24

In the final ten minutes of the half, the Power kicked 2.1 to 1.1. During this period, their kicking efficiency was far superior to that of the Blues, 83 per cent to 65.

Q2 29:23

The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Q2 29:20

GOALBlues (Jarrod Pickett)

Q2 26:06

BEHINDPower (Rushed)

Q2 22:31

After four clearances and ten disposals at 100 per cent efficiency in the first term, Carlton's Nick Graham has been well held in the second. He has contributed just the one handball and one tackle for the quarter.

Q2 22:05

GOALPower (Justin Westhoff)

Q2 20:18

GOALPower (Todd Marshall)

Q2 18:31

BEHINDBlues (Marc Murphy)

Q2 17:24

Carlton has not been inside its forward 50 zone for ten minutes.

Q2 15:33

GOALPower (Chad Wingard)

Q2 13:44

GOALPower (Robbie Gray)

Q2 12:41

After seven consecutive inside 50 entries, the Power are finally rewarded with a second quarter major.

Q2 12:40

GOALPower (Robbie Gray)

Q2 11:00

Port Adelaide is kicking the ball at 59 per cent efficiency. However, this drops to just 33 per cent in its forward 50 zone.

Q2 10:35

BEHINDPower (Charlie Dixon)

Q2 07:05

Charlie Curnow has been involved in five of Carlton's six scores.

Q2 07:04

BEHINDBlues (Jarrod Garlett)

Q2 04:07

After 86 games across eight seasons with Melbourne, former Demons skipper Jack Trengove is making his first appearance in Port Adelaide colours today. He already has seven disposals at 100 per cent efficiency, along with three marks and two tackles.

Q2 02:31

BEHINDPower (Paddy Ryder)

Q2 01:29

Of the seven free kicks that the Power have conceded, four have been for holding the man.

Q2 00:00

Q2 is now underway.

Q1 32:34

The Blues have lost the disposal count by 27 per game this season, ranked 17th in the competition. After one term today, the teams are tied 100 disposals apiece, but Carlton has the better efficiency, 73 per cent to 68.

Q1 32:33

The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Q1 32:31

BEHINDPower (Sam Gray)

Q1 31:46

BEHINDPower (Justin Westhoff)

Q1 30:11

GOALBlues (Patrick Cripps)

Q1 27:40

GOALBlues (Charlie Curnow)

Q1 26:18

BEHINDPower (Tom Rockliff)

Q1 24:46

With his second major of the quarter, the Blues Charlie Curnow has multiple goals for the seventh time this season.

Q1 24:45

GOALBlues (Charlie Curnow)

Q1 23:24

GOALPower (Justin Westhoff)

Q1 20:08

The entire Port Adelaide score to this point (2.3) has been sourced from Carlton turnovers.

Q1 20:07

GOALPower (Lindsay Thomas)

Q1 18:38

BEHINDPower (Chad Wingard)

Q1 17:33

GOALBlues (Marc Murphy)

Q1 16:51

BEHINDPower (Sam Powell-Pepper)

Q1 15:58

BEHINDPower (Steven Motlop)

Q1 15:29

In his three hundredth game, Carlton's Kade Simpson currently has a gamehigh six disposals at 83 per cent efficiency.

Q1 11:00

GOALPower (Robbie Gray)

Q1 09:47

Port Adelaide has five of the last six clearances, including two each to Sam PowellPepper and Brad Ebert.

Q1 07:04

Carlton has controlled the opening seven minutes, with six inside 50s to one. They are also disposing of the ball with 67 per cent efficiency compared to the Power's 58.

Q1 01:52

Opening goal scorer Charlie Curnow has his 20th major for the season in game number 12.

Q1 01:51

GOALBlues (Charlie Curnow)

Q1 00:00

Q1 is now underway.

Q0 00:00

Carlton has retained possession from 41 per cent of its kicks into the forward 50 this season, last in the AFL.

Q0 00:00

The Power have kicked long 37 per cent of the time this season. This is the secondlowest percentage recorded by any side in the competition.

Q0 00:00

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Chad Wingard (24 disposals, two goals) was arguably the best for the visitors, but received potent support from Robbie Gray (13 disposals, three goals) and Justin Westhoff (19 disposals, two goals) as Port Adelaide recorded its 10th win for the season.

Carlton had started the game like a team motivated by Simpson's milestone, with gun forward Charlie Curnow wreaking havoc as the Blues made a fighting start.

There was no stopping the gifted Blues youngster early, with the 21-year-old proving he's just as good at ground level as he is in the air on his way to a four-goal outing.

The recently re-signed Curnow twice crumbed the pack expertly for his first two majors of the afternoon, before adding a third before quarter-time having daunted the Power into giving away a free kick close to goal.

The burst came amid a period when midfield bulls Ollie Wines and Tom Rockliff began matching Carlton's industry on the inside, and Wingard provided some moments of quality on the outside, as Port Adelaide surged to a handy 19-point lead at half-time.

Yet just when the game appeared to be Port Adelaide's, Carlton came again.

As the heavens opened in the third quarter, Port Adelaide's scoring dried up. The Power were held scoreless for the entire term, as Carlton quickly reduced the deficit to two points.

Having peppered the goal for large periods to start the final term, Steven Motlop, Charlie Dixon and Wingard all converted within three minutes of each other to eventually give Port Adelaide some breathing space.

The momentum swing proved the ultimate difference, with a tiring Carlton unable to respond as Port Adelaide momentarily lifted itself back into the AFL's top four.

Speaking after the match, Carlton coach Brendon Bolton praised the way his side attacked the game in honour of Simpson's milestone match.

"In all of Carlton's history, there's only ever been five," Bolton said.

"Split that up, it's about one every 30 years. There are 1200-odd players, or thereabouts, that have played for Carlton and only five (have played 300).

"We slowed the week down, appreciated that Simmo has been inspiring people for 16 years, today is the day we tried to inspire Simmo."

"We weren't overly impressive, we know that, but then you get a bit disrespectful to the opposition because there were a couple of players out there that were pretty good for them," Hinkley said.

"Always in this caper, you're just happy to get the four points and look for some positives, you look for some growth and that's what we'll do again this week."

MEDICAL ROOM

Carlton:Matthew Wright split his head open in the dying stages of the game, but otherwise the Blues walked away unscathed. Jacob Weitering went to the rooms at three-quarter time, but didn't seem hampered by any injury and played out the match.

Port Adelaide:Jasper Pittard left the game with his tracksuit on after being hampered by hamstring tightness. He's likely to be assessed during the week, having missed the majority of the second half due to the injury.

NEXT UPCarlton travels to the Gabba to face Brisbane, where the Blues have lost four straight games against the Lions. Port Adelaide hosts St Kilda at the Adelaide Oval, with the Power unbeaten in their past six matches against the Saints.